Phonetics for Communication Disorders by Ball, Martin J. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Foreword Preface I: General Phonetics

1 Phonetic Description

Introduction: The Speech Chain Basics of Acoustics Background Reading Exercises

2 The Organs of Speech

The Vocal Tract The Respiratory System The Laryngeal System The Supralaryngeal System Monitoring Speech Background Reading Exercises

3 Initiation of an Airstream

Introduction Aerodynamics of Airstream Initiation Pulmonic Airstreams Glottalic Airstreams Velaric Airstreams Esophageal and Other Airstreams Transcription Background Reading Exercises

4 Phonation and Voice Quality

Introduction Phonation Supralaryngeal Aspects of Voice Quality Background Reading Exercises

5 The Description of Vowels

Introduction Articulatory, Acoustic, and Perceptual Descriptions of Vowels Describing Vowels by Articulation Describing Vowels by Perception Describing Vowels by Acoustics Background Reading Exercises

6 Articulation: Consonant Manner Types

Introduction Stops: Plosives and Nasals Nasal Stops Fricatives and Affricates Approximants Trills and Taps Obstruents and Sonorants Background Reading Exercises

7 Articulation: Consonant Place Types

Introduction Labial Anterior Lingual Dorsal Posterior Articulatory Description of Consonants Acoustic Description of Consonants Background Reading Exercises

8 More on Consonants

Introduction Modifications to Oral Stops Multiple Articulations Acoustic Characteristics The IPA Chart Background Reading Exercises

9 Suprasegmental Phonetics

Introduction Stress Length Pitch Boundary Effects Other Prosodic Features Acoustic Analysis of Suprasegmentals Background Reading Exercises

II: English Phonetics

10 Phonetic and Phonological Description

The Difference Between Phonetics and Phonology Phonological System and Structure Clinical Phonology The System and Structure of English Background Reading Exercises

11 Monophthongs of English

Introduction The High Front Vowels The Lower Back Vowels The High Back Vowels Transcription Background Reading Exercises

12 English Central Vowels and Diphthongs

Introduction The Nonrhotic Central Vowels The Rhotic Central Vowels, (GA) The Mid-Closing Diphthongs The Low-Closing Diphthongs The Fronting-Closing Diphthong The Centering Diphthongs (RP) Background Reading Exercises

13 English Plosives and Affricates

Introduction The Bilabial Plosives The Alveolar Plosives The Velar Plosives The Postalveolar Affricates The Glottal Stop Background Reading Exercises

14 English Fricatives

Introduction The Labiodental Fricatives The Dental Fricatives The Alveolar Fricatives The Postalveolar Fricatives The Glottal Fricative Background Reading Exercises

15 English Sonorant Consonants

Introduction The Nasal Stops The Liquid Approximants The Semivowel Approximants Background Reading Exercises

16 Words and Connected Speech

Introduction English Word Stress Stress in Connected Speech Assimilation Elision and Liaison Juncture Background Reading Exercises

17 Intonation of English

Introduction Nuclear Tones and Postnuclear Patterns Prenuclear Patterns Intonation Tunes Background Reading Exercises

18 Varieties of English

Introduction Ways in Which Accents Can Differ National Varieties of English Regional Differences in American English Spanish-Influenced English Phonological Problems of Learners of English Background Reading Exercises

III: Disordered Speech

19 Phonological and Phonetic Disorders

Introduction The Terms Phonetics and Phonology in the Description of Disordered Speech Broad and Narrow Transcription Some Typical Phonetic-level Disorders Some Typical Phonological-level Disorders Disturbances to Prosody Background Reading Exercises

20 Transcribing Atypical and Disordered Speech

Aspects of Atypical and Disordered Speech Atypical Places of Articulation Atypical Manners of Articulation Voicing Resolving Uncertainty in Transcription Connected Speech Example Background Reading Exercises

Appendix 1

The International Phonetic Alphabet (Revised to 1993) extIPA Symbols for Disordered Speech (Revised to 2002) VoQS: Voice Quality Symbols

Appendix 2

Distinctive Features Phonological Primes for English Natural Phonological Processes

Answers to Transcription Exercises Answers to Audio CD Transcription Exercises References Index

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